Tuesday, February 25, 2014

25th Week of School



Science Presentations for this Friday (28th) are as follows…

8th Grade:
Raquel S.
Elise P.
Cynthia K.
Julian C.
Alyssa G.
Max S.
Anthony P.

7th Grade:
Lauren C.
Austin M.
Zach B.
Samantha R.
Montserrat S.
Brook F.
Teagen L.

·         8th Grade Unit Test is next Thursday (6th) on Chapter 12.  Power Point is online as always.

·         6th Grade mandatory meeting YMCA Storer Camp is this Monday (3rd) at 5:30 PM for chaperones and 6:30 for all other parents; NOT March 12th like the calendar suggests.

·         Also, balances, health forms and copies of insurance cards are due this Friday for camp.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

24th Week of School



I hope everyone is having a pleasant and relaxing Winter Break.  Students report back February 19th.

Science Experiment Presentations this Friday (21st) are as follows…

8th Grade:
Matt S. "Making Home-made Silly Putty"
Alex G. Corroding Building Fasteners"
Nathan V. "Is that Iron in My Cereal?"
Madison S.
Rachel P. "Fire Extinguisher"

7th Grade:
Hannah S. "Gamers vs. Non-Gamers"
Danny J. "Bubbles in a Bottle"
Jody S. "IQ Test"
Andrew G. Rolling Off the Ramp"

There is a 6th & 7th grade Unit Test this Thursday (20th).  We will review Wednesday.  The 6th grade test is on Chapter 11 and the 7th grade test is on Chapter 7 (Part 2 of 3 in the Power Point).  Students are very aware.

8th grade Constellation Paper, push-pin & oral presentations are due on February 24th.  All 8th graders were assigned a constellation last week.

8th grade Unit Test Chapter 12 March 6th.

Also, all 6th grader parents I need you payment for YMCA Storer Camp ASAP, along, with your medical information and copies of insurance cards.  Our mandatory parent meeting is March 3rd which is our deadline.

Open House for new families March 6th.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

23rd Week of School Continued...



Yet, another day off because of weather.  Brrrrrrr. Keep indoors and stay warm!

Congratulations to all the students that participated in the Academic Olympics (2nd place overall) and those that did in Math Counts too.  Mr. Crupi, Mrs. Wisser and myself had planned a pizza party today for those in AO and MC, but that will just have to wait till Monday.

Cookie Dough pickups are Monday.

Science Experiments scheduled for today will be Monday.

8th Grade:
Aimee C. "Coloring Mixing Gobstoppers-Candy Science"
Brooke T.
Brittney D. "How to Make a Paper Clip Float"

7th Grade:
Daniel C. "Science Magic"
Lola S. "Rock Candy"
Kylie G. "A Battery that Makes Cents"
Alex T. "How to Make a Tea Bag Rocket"
Kelsey B. "Varying Viscosity Levels"

Winter Break is February 14th-18th.

Bills for 6th grade YMCA Storer Camp are going home Monday as well.  Please get those back with copies of insurance cards by March 3rd (which is our mandatory Parent Meeting)

6th grade & 7th grade Unit Tests February 20th.

I will have the 8th grade Unit Tests graded and posted by Monday.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

23rd Week of School

This Friday’s (7th) Science Experiment Presentations are as Follows…

8th Grade:
Abbi B. "Burn, Baby Burn!"
Eric A. "Will it Float or Sink?"
Paul R. "Gravity Effect on Drop Time"

7th Grade:
Catherine D. "Lava?"
Abbi K. "Expanding Liquids"
Seth K. "Homemade Batteries"
James F. "Burn, Baby Burn!"

There is a 8th Grade Unit Test tomorrow on Chapter 11.  We reviewed today.

There is a $1.00 Jeans Day Friday.

We are suppose to get a lot of snow tonight and tomorrow.  There's no day like a snow day!  If this should happen then the 8th grade test will be Thursday.  We shall see.